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Digital Thermostat Wiring Color Codes:
RED - Auger Motor
ORANGE - Combustion Fan / Muffin Fan
PURPLE - Hot Rod
BLACK - Power Cord
NOTE: Wires can be interchanged without causing an electrical short.
Check the fuse in the back of the controller. Replace. If it keeps blowing the fuse, most likely a faulty component. See below.
Pellets not feeding and Auger Fan not turning Probable Causes - Auger Obstruction, Thermostat Failure, Auger Motor Failure.
- Check power. If other parts are NOT working, check fuse or your power source.
- Check for obstruction of fan. A wire or other object could be obstructing the fan movement. Remove obstruction and test.
- Check for Auger Jamming.
- Check the pellets for water. If the pellets get wet, they will expand in the Auger, causing jamming. (Auger Removal Link), and a sawdust like substance will be present in the hopper and Auger entrance. After jamming is cleared, test.
- If pellets are dry, remove pellets from hopper to view auger entrance. Sometimes foreign objects such as a nail or a rock, will lodge in the pellet intake, stopping the auger. Remove object and test.
- Check Thermostat. SWITCH the RED (Auger Motor) wire with the ORANGE (Muffin Fan) wire and verify Muffin Fan works. If the Muffin fan operates, Replace the Auger Motor. If not, you are not getting power from the Thermostat to the Auger wire. Replace thermostat and test.
- Continues to fail, Replace Auger Motor as well.
NOTE: An Auger Motor failure may result from the Thermostat failure. In that case, you will need to replace both pieces.
Pellets not catching fire / igniter not getting hot
When your Traeger does not start, and pellets are feeding to the fire box, that usually means the igniter is not getting hot. Igniters wear out after a few years of use and occasionally need to be replaced.
To test your igniter, swap the purple connection on the control board with the red connection (leads to the auger motor). Assuming that the auger motor connection is working, the igniter should get hot on the new connection. If it does not get hot, you need a new igniter. If it does get hot on another lead, most likely, you need a new control board.
The control board "trips" the circuit breaker and unit shuts down
When the Traeger "blows" the circuit breaker, that usually means one of the components (igniter, induction fan or auger motor) is not working. To determine which component is not working, just unplug all the components and plug one component in at a time. The component that "blows" the fuse is the component that needs to be replaced. (The component connectors are color coded - see the top of this page.)
One of the components (auger motor, induction fan, or igniter) is not working
Test the components by swapping the wires of the non-working component. If the component works on another connection and the other component does not work on the "non-working" connection, then most likely, you may need a new control board.
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